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Subject(s)

• Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf approximately 1427-approximately 1490—Ṣughrá al-ṣughrá fī ʻilm al-tawḥīd [Browse]
• Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 994H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]
• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

A brief commentary on Ṣughrá al-ṣughrá, the authorʼs own work on the principles of theology and philosophy.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Two short fāʼidah on title page.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 36 + i ; 4 quires ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 23 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; watermarks (paper wrapper: coat-of-arms with an animal; text: three crescents, crown-star-crescent) ; MS in fair condition, worm-eaten and mended. Rare.
• Origin: According to colophon copy completed Sunday last day of Rajab 1112 (fol. 36a).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين قال الشيخ ... السنوسى ... الحمد لله الذي انعم علينا بالايمان والاسلام وهدانا بنبينا ومولانا محمد ... اما بعد فقد وضعت جملة مختسرة فيما يجب على المكلف اعتقاده ...
• Colophon: وکان الفراغ من تعليق هذا الشرح يوم الاحد سلخ رجب من شهور الف ومائة واثني عشرمن الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلاة والسلام

Binding note

Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper. Not sewn. Quires wrapped in paper inside the binding.

Provenance

Ownership signature: Sulaymān ibn Muṣṭafá al-Rajī al-Ḥanafī (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1500.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340423674

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